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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jul 17, 1961
Page
4
Athens Ohio daily reports news notes from July 17 1961 including county events city notices and brief regional updates with local figures and institutions referenced.
The piece surveys Albania as a little known Iron Curtain state and notes how Albanian leaders like Kuprili and Mehemet Ali, though historically influential in Turkey and Egypt respectively, could, if renewed, pose a thorn to the Soviet Union amid shifts between Chinese and Russian alignments.
California voters and pundits weigh Nixon’s 1962 gubernatorial bid against a possible 1964 White House run. Polls show a majority expect Nixon to run for governor and possibly President, with voters preferring a Nixon presidency over a continued governor’s term. Nixon has not commented, though analysts note White House fever could shape his timing.
The article recounts attempts at domination from 1871 through 1950s and notes U S actions in the Dominican Republic. Grant sought annexation, Sumner resisted, Roosevelt seized customs in 195, Wilson used Marines in 1916, occupation lasting to 1934, and later Latin states assumed intervention duties.
Leo A. Orleans of the Library of Congress spent two years evaluating Chinese material, mostly from Communist sources. He notes propaganda framing modest tech gains as major progress, with claims of mass labor recruitment and rapid literacy advances while reliance on Russian devices persists.
A portrait of Jim Bishop detailing his career from copy boy to syndicated columnist and author. The piece traces his drive to master lean prose, the influence of Mark Hellinger, early rejections, and eventual success with The Day Lincoln Was Shot, highlighting perseverance and self-made achievement.
A reader asks whether to let an amateur painter finish a $350 job with mismatched colors and damaged items. Abby says fire the amateur, hire a pro, and learn a costly lesson. Other readers seek help with a teen crush in the neighborhood and inviting unwanted guests to a lakeside home. Abby suggests setting firm boundaries and asking visitors to call ahead.
Dr George W Crane laments the dole system and urges parents to use the pay for work method to teach children self reliance. He cites personal anecdotes, argues budgeting works better when money is earned, and offers a booklet request method via the newspaper with a 20 cent fee.
In Anniston Alabama a woman discovers a yellowing courting letter from her father to her mother. She copies it, signs a masculine name, and mails it to herself before revealing it to her father who is insulted by the prank. A quoted remark from Dr Wilbur Abercrombie notes cheerful people resist intestinal diseases better than gloom.
N Marshfield hosts include Mr and Mrs John Booth and daughter Joyce of Akron visiting Mrs Booths father Guy Pidcock and brother Donald. Recent callers were Mr and Mrs Donald Dowler and son David of Elwood, Indiana. Caldwell visited with Helena Moore and Rut.
The Washington Report notes renewed anti-HUAC activity led by Communist-backed groups despite March House vote sustaining the committee and Frank Wilkinson's contempt conviction. The drive uses a national blueprint, new local committees, and the Ballantine book The UnAmericans by Frank Donner, with Donner's past Communist ties and evasive testimony highlighted.
The Messenger letter attacks a city council rule allowing selling from parked trucks as unjust and un American. It questions government reach and argues the ordinance harms one man’s livelihood, Court Street merchants, and street commerce. Athens.
A person sustained injuries described as a hip injury and a broken left leg in an incident. Further details on the casualty and circumstances were not provided.
Mrs Norman Shoaf of Columbus spends a week with her parents Mr and Mrs T R Davis in Mason. The Brinker families from Las Vegas and Racine visit and a Holland Michigan doctor plans Michigan wedding attendance. Girl Scout Troop 45 held a swimming party at Middleport pool with eleven attendees. The Brown and Krautter families host visitors from Jenkinstown and Columbus. The Rayburns of Columbus plan to settle in Mason at the Dotson property with ABC Cleaners employment.
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